Concrete outer coffin.



Bu. RUGKSTOOL. CONCRETE OUTER GOFHN. APPLIGATION FILED DEG. 1, 1911.

Patented Aug. 2o, 1912.I

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CONCRETE OUTER GOFFIN.

Specification of Letters Patent. Y

i Application led December 1, 1911. Serial No. 663,244.

To all whom z't may concern: l.

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN R. RUCK- sTooL, citizen of' the United States, residing at Hendricks, in the county of Montgomery and State of Pennsylvania, have'invented certain new and useful Improvements ,in Concrete Outer Cofiins, of wihich the following is a specification. y

This invent-ion relates 'toI concrete outer coflins, and belongs to that class of relatively heavy earthenware box-like receivers, usually constructed in several lparts for conven-` ience in handling, and the various parts being of such formation as will permit them to be readily assembled as they are lowered one by one into the grave.

The object of this invention is the production of a concrete container of the nature stated whereof the various parts have special construction and arrangement with respect to each other, enabling them to be easilyand quickly put together with-in a grave, and permitting them to be cemented into a rigid entirety not liable to distortion or fracture by earth settlement and capable of preserving a coffin indefinitely.

The construction and arrangement of parts are set forth in the -accompanying drawings, of which- Figure l is an outline perspective with one side broken away. Fig. 2 is top plan View. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the whole on line mof Fig. 2, and shows the top and bottom slabs in place and sealed. Fig. 4 is a. side view of one of the ends.

Throughout the drawings and description.

the same letter is employed to refer to the same part.

Considering the drawings, it will be observed that this invention comprises the sides A and B and the ends C and D. The surface of the side A presented toward the interior of this invention, is provided with a projecting portion or'ledge E near the top, and a projecting portion or flange F at the bottom, as illustrated in Figs. l, 2 and 3, and the side B has the ledge G and fiange H of correspondingz'; character to those of side A. Those ledges and fianges will be again mentioned in this description.

As both the end parts C and D of this in- Vention have precisely the same construe tion, one only will be described.

The end C is provided with a T-shaped extension c presented toward the interior of this invention, and the branches of the T- shaped extension engage grooves e of the sides when the parts are assembled. 'The lower portion or base of the end C consists of the block J, the upper surface of which projects inwardly beyond ,the T-shaped part and forms the ledge 7'.; The sides AIQamd lc of the stem of the T-shaped part c converge upwardly, the inclination of those sides being best shown in Fig. 3. Such construction when the parts are assembled leaves nfilled Wedge-shaped spaces f, to be again referred to.

, In putting the parts of this invention together, the sides A and B are suitably arranged, and the ends placed in position resting upon the footings a and I) at the ter- Patented Aug'. 20, 1912.

minat-io-ns of the sides, the branches of the j T-shaped.' parts of the ends engaging the grooves c, as illustrated in Figs. l and 2. The block base J of the end fits between the two flanges F and H. 4 Now, the bottom slab L is placed upon Hanges F and H, and the cement seal Z applied as illustrated in F ig. 3. The wedge-shaped spaces f are now filled with cement, and, after a coffin has been deposited, the top slab M is laid on and the seals m applied. The Whole is in that manner practically solidified, and forms a hard,

particularly rigid and lasting outer coffin.

Having now described this invention, and explained the manner yof using the same, what I claim is 1. A concrete outer coffin, comprising top and bottom slabs, and the sides each provided on the inside with a ledge and a flange and vertical grooves near the ends, the said ledge being arranged at the top and constructed to support said top slab, and the said flange being arranged at the bottom and constructed .to support said bottom slab, andl the end pieces having 'IT-shaped extensions constructed and arranged to engage the grooves of said sides, the said end pieces having also block base portions arranged bet-Ween the flanges of said sides.

2. A concrete outer coflin, comprising the sides each provided with vertical grooves near the ends, and end pieces each having T-shaped extensions constructed and arranged to engage the grooves of said sides, the said sides and end pieces having projecting portions,'thelsaid projecting portions being arranged at the top and bottom of the sides, and slabs constructed .to fit within said sides and ends upon said proj ectin g portions.

3. A' concrete-outer cofn, comprising top being arranged at thevtop and constructed to support'said top, slab, and the said Iiange being arranged at the bottom and constructed tosupport said bottom slab, and

- belng` cons end pieces each provided with lT-shaped extensions, the branches of said extensions .tructedy and arranged to engage the grooves of said sides, and the stems of said extensions being constructed less in width than the distance between the sides whereby a space remains between said stems and said sides.

4f. A concrete outer' coffin, comprising the sides each provided with verticalv grooves vnear the ends, and end vpieces each having T-shaped extensions, the branches of the said extensions being constructed and ar.

ranged to engage the grooves of said sides,

the stems of said extensions being constructed less in width than the distance ,be-

tween 'said sides whereby a space remains between said stems and sldes, the sald sides -and end pieces having projecting portions,

BENJAMIN R. RUoKsToon.

Witnesses:

MrLToN H. WALTERs I. H. SOUDER. 

